The 38-year-old has been playing regularly for Isthmian Premier Division side Folkestone Invicta since joining them in January from league rivals Cray Wanderers.

He had signed for the Wands in May 2021 as player/assistant manager.

He had re-joined Isthmian South East club Sittingbourne in September 2020 from having plied his trade in the Vanarama National League South with Havant & Waterlooville and Ebbsfleet United, who he had re-joined in December 2018.

He who won the Conference South with Lewes and the Conference Premier and Buildbase FA Trophy with Stevenage, previously spent three years with Fleet from 2003 to 2006, playing 118 games and scoring 19 goals.

He started out with Sittingbourne before coming to then-Fleet manager Andy Ford’s attention in 2003 but his star really began to soar while playing for Stevenage Borough, becoming a key part of the side that won promotion to the Football League.

In 2010, a move to Luton Town before he signed for Ipswich Town for £150,000 in 2011.

He made his Ipswich debut in the Championship against Hull City and in all played 64 times for the Tractor Boys at that level.

He then played for Crawley Town before returning to Luton for £100,000 in 2014.

He moved to Eastleigh in the summer of 2015 and played 20 games for the Spitfires and scored 5 goals in 2018/19 before returning to Stonebridge Road.

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